01-26-2006, 06:17 AM
Make sure she gets the same sort of in-home, 24hr. service add-on warranty she can get with the Dull, or are you going to be her service-tech on call? New.dad has good points to consider. If the fancy home-built machine won't boot will you know enough to determine what's gone out, or will you end up taking it to an expensive local tech to have it diagnosed? Sounds like too much pain for me, but maybe she's a better friend than you let on and you don't mind running over to her place in the middle of the night when she can't get online.